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TOPICAL OUTLINES 



HISTORY AND THE CONSTITUTION 



UNITED STATES. 



FOR THE USE OF 



SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE LEARNERS. 



BY 

J. K. HARLEY, M.E. 



REVISED EDITION. 



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Copyright, 1907, by Christopher Sower Company. 



CONTENTS. 



PERIOD I. 

PAOB 

Aboriginal America 7 

PERIOD II. 
Voyage and Discovery 7 

PERIOD III. 
Colonial History 10 

PERIOD IV. 
Revolution and Confederation 19 

PERIOD V. 

National Period 24 

The Great Rebellion 32 

Questions in United States History .... 43 

Outlines op Constitution of United States. 50 
Questions on the Constitution of the United 

States 59 

Appendix 62 

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NOTE TO REVISED EDITION. 



Since these Topical Outlines were first published 
several editions have come from the press. Before 
issuing another edition it was thought best to make 
a thorough revision, with some additions which ap- 
pear in the appendix. 

As the topical method of teaching and studying 
history is now recognized as the only true way, 
the Outlines have been made more full and com- 
plete and the questions more searching. While 
it is possible that some important points in our his- 
tory have not directly been touched upon, yet it is 
believed that the book will afford quite a complete 
course in the History and the Constitution of the 
United States. Thus it is respectfully submitted. 

J. K. H. 

GiRART) College, 

Philadelphia, Jan. 1, 1907. 



PEEFAOE. 



This little work will serve to indicate a complete 
course of instruction in the History and the Con- 
stitution of the United States for topical recita- 
tion, such as may be pursued in schools and by the 
private learner. It is believed that these subjects 
can be taught correctly only by means of outlines, 
pupils giving intelligent discussions of each topic in 
their own correct language. They have been used 
with great satisfaction in actual work in the class- 
room, for which purpose they were originally pre- 
pared ; and to avoid frequent rewriting both by the 
teacher and the pupils, they are presented in this 
form. 

These are mere Outlines, showing the topics to be 
discussed, the form of discussion, and the logical 
divisions of the subjects. By committing them to 
memory, and giving detailed discussions of each 
topic, pupils will obtain a connected knowledge of 
the events of our History and the facts of our Con- 
stitution. 

Following the topical method of recitation, and 

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6 PREFACE. 

supplementing or omitting, different text-books on 
the subjects may be used to excellent advantage. 
The questions given are by no means exhaustive; 
teachers should make questions to suit the wants of 
their pupils. The work is thus briefly submitted 
to an indulgent public. 

J. K. H. 
Boys' High School, 

Reading, Pa., September 1, 1885. 



PERIOD I. 



ABORIGINAL AMERICA. 



I. The Red Men or Indians. 

1. Their origin. 4. Mounds and relics. 

2. Distribution. 5. Customs and habits. 

3. Character. 6. Present condition. 



PERIOD 11. 



VOYAGE AND DISCOVERY. 

A. D. 986-1607. 



I. The Icelanders and Norwegians in America. 

1. Herjulfson (har'yoolf-son). 

2. Lief Erickson (lef'Sr'ik-siin). 

3. Thorwald (tor'wald). 

4. Thorstein (tor'stin). 

5. Thorfion Karlsefne (tor'fin karl's^f-n^). 

6. Vinland (vin'land). 

II. Spanish Discoverers in America. 
1. Columbus. 

1. His country. 

2. Opinions. Marco Polo. 



8 VOYAGE AND DISCOVERY. 

3. Efforts to obtain aid. 

4. Voyages. 

5. Discoveries. 

6. His death. 

2. Spaniards in America. 

1. Amerigo Vespucci (a-ma-ree'go v^s-poot'- 

chee). 

2. Balboa (bal-bo'a). 

3. Ponce de Leon (pon'tha-da-la-6n). 

4. Cordova (kor'do-vii). 

5. Cortez (kor'tez). 

6. Magellan (ma-gSFan). 

7. De Ayllon (da-il-yon'). 

8. De Narvaez (da-nar-va'eth). 

9. De So'to. 

10. Melendez (ma-lgn'd6th). 

11. The Cortereals (kor-ta-ra-al'). 

12. Pizarro (pe-zS.r'o). 

13. Coronada, Cabrillo, and De Espejio. 

III. French Discoverers in America. 

1. Earlier Explorations. 

1. John Verrazani (vSr-rat-tsah'ng). 

2. James Cartier (kar-tia'). 

3. Roberval (ro'bg-val'). 

2. Huguenots (hu'gu-nots, g hard). 

1. John Ribault (re'bo'). Coligni (ko-len'ye). 

2. Laudonniere (l6-do'ne-er'). 

3. Later Explorations. 

1. De Gourgues (deh-goorg). 



VOYAGE AND DISCOVERY. 9 

2. La Roche (lii-rosli'). 

3. De Monts (deh-mong'). 

4. Samuel Champlain. 

5. Marquette and Joliet (zho-le-a'), and La 

Salle. 

IV. English Discoverers in America. 

1. The Cabots (kab'ot). 

2. Frobisher. 

3. Drake. 

4. Gilbert. 

5. Raleigh. 

6. Amidas and Barlow. 

7. Grenville. 

8. White. 

9. Gosnold. 
10. Pring. 

IL Waymouth. 

V. The London Company. 

VI. The Plymouth Company. 

Origin and purpose of these companies. 
English settlements were without success up to 
the year 1607. 

Vn. The Dutch in America. 

1. Henry Hudson. 

2. Block, May, and Christianson. 



10 COLONIAL HISTORY. 

PERIOD III. 



COLONIAL HISTORY. 

A. D. 1607-1776. 



I. Virginia (1607). 

1. First Charter (1607). 

1. Settlement at Jamestown. 

2. Captain John Smith. 

3. Inferior Council. 

4. Newport. 

5. Pocahontas. 

2. Second Charter (1609). 

1. New Council. 

2. Lord Delaware. 

3. Dale. 

4. Starving time. 

3. Third Charter (1612). 

1. Argall. 

2. John Kolfe. 

3. House of Burgesses (1619). 

4. First Constitution. 

5. Slavery Introduced (1619). 

6. Women. Criminals. 

7. Indian War (1622). 

4. Virginia a Royal Province (1624). 

1. John Harvey. C 1. Charles I. 

2. Trouble in England. -\ 2. Cromwell. 

8. Sir William Berkeley. 1 3. Charles II. 



COLONIAL HISTORY. 11 

4. Indian War (1644). 

5. Bacon's Kebellion. 

6. Navigation Act. 

7. Free schools established (1688). 

II. New York (1613). 

1. Discovery by Henry Hudson. 

2. Dutch East (West) India Company. 

3. Settlements. Patroons. 

4. Dutch Governors : 

1. Peter Minuit. 

2. Van Twiller. 

3. Kieft (keeft). 

4. Stuyvesant (stive-sant). 

5. New York under the English. 

6. Conquest of New York. 

7. English Governors : 

1. Richard Nichols. 

2. Lovelace. 

3. Andros. 

4. Thomas Dongan. 

8. Jacob Leisler. 

9. Sloughter. 

10. Fletcher. 

11. Captain Kidd. 

12. Bellomont. 

13. Cornbury. 

14. The Negro Plot. 

15. Freedom of the Press established (1743). 



12 COLONIAL HISTORY. 

III. Massachusetts (1620). 

1. Council of Plymouth. 

2. Plymouth Colony. 

1. The Puritans. 

2. They emigrate to America. 

3. Difficulties. 

4. Relations with the Indians. 

3. Bay Colony. 

1. Founding of Salem. 

2. Settlement of Boston and Charleston. 

3. Rules of the Colony. 

4. Religious dissensions. 

5. Ballot-box. 

6. Harvard College. Free Schools (1649). 

7. Printing Press. 

4. Massachusetts from the Union. 

1. Body of Liberties. 

2. Quakers. 

3. King Philip's War (1675). 

IV. New Hampshire (1623). 

1. Settlement. 

2. United to Massachusetts. 

3. Separated from Massachusetts. Reunited. 

4. Cranfield. 

V. New Jersey (1664). 

1. Grant of New Jersey. 

2. Settlement. 

3. Carteret. 

4. Divided into East and West Jersey. 



COLONIAL HISTORY. 13 

VI. Connecticut (1633). 

1. Settlement. 

2. Say brook. 

3. Peqiiod War (1637). 

4. New Haven. 

5. Charter. 

6. Winthrop. 

7. Andros in Connecticut. 

8. Charter-Oak. 

9. Yale College. 

VII. Maryland (1634). 

1. Lord Baltimore and his Grant. 

2. Charter. 

3. Religious liberty. Toleration Act. 

4. William Clayborn. 

5. Clayborn's Rebellion. 

6. Disturbances between the Protestants and 

Catholics. 

7. Cecil Calvert. 

8. Maryland a Royal Province. 

Vin. Rhode Island (1636). 

1. Roger Williams. 

2. Puritan intolerance. 

3. Providence Plantation, its Settlement and Gov- 

ernment. 

4. Rhode Island Plantation. 

5. Plantations United. 

1. Charter. 

2. Andros in Rhode Island 



14 COLONIAL HISTORY. 

IX. Delaware (1638). 

1. Settlement. Swedes. Gustavus Adolphus. 

2. Under the Dutch. 

3. Under the English. 

4. Grant to Peun. 

5. Separated from Pennsylvania. 

X. Pennsylvania (1643). 

1. The Dutch and the Swede settlers. 

2. William Penn and his Grant. 

3. Penn comes to America. 

4. Government on republican principles. 

5. Complete religious toleration. 

6. Treaty with the Indians. 

1. Peaceable purchase of land. 

2. Peaceable settlement of disputes. 

7. Founding of Philadelphia. 

8. Peun returns to England. 

9. German immigration. Slavery opposed. 
1. Settlement of German town. 

10. Penn again visits America, and his return. 

11. Influence of Quaker or non-resistant prin- 

ciples. 

1. Immigrants that opposed peace principles. 

2. Consequent Indian troubles and wars. 

3. Contests between peace and war parties for 

supremacy. 

4. Sympathy of peace-loving Germans with 

Quakers. 

5. Dunkers, Mennonites, Schwenkfelders, Mo- 

ravians and other Germans. 



COLONIAL HLSTORY. 15 

12. Introduction of printing, English and Ger- 

man. 

1. Bradford, Jansen, Sower, Keimer, Franklin. 

2. Paper-making, Type-founding, etc. 

3. Printing of the Bible in German and numer- 

ous other books. 

13. Iron manufacture introduced. 

14. Schools established. 

15. University of Pennsylvania founded (1749). 

16. Boundaries between Pennsylvania and Mary- 

land. 

17. Pennsylvania and Delaware separated. 

XI. North Carolina (1660). 

1. Grant of North Carolina. 

2. Albemarle Colony. 

3. Clarendon Colony. 

4. Grand Model. 

5. John Culpepper. Sothel. 

XII. South Carolina (1670). 

1. Settlement. Character of the settlers. 

2. Founding of Charleston. 

3. Indian War. 

4. North and South Carolina separated. 

5. James Colleton. 

XIII. Georgia (1733). 

1. Settlement. Object. 

2. James Oglethorpe. Slavery. 

3. Trouble with the Spaniards in Florida. 



16 COLONIAL WARS. 

COLONIAL WARS. 

I. King William's War (1689-1697). 

1. Causes* (William of Orange). 

2. Towns plundered, 

3. Sir William Phipps. 

4. Treaty of Peace. 

5. Salem Witchcraft. 

6. Paper Money. 

H. Queen Anne's War (1702-1713). 

1. Causes (Spanish Succession). 

2. New England Towns plundered. 

3. Port Royal captured. 

4. Admiral Walker. 

5. Treaty of Peace. 

III. King George's War (1744-1748). 

1. Causes (Austrian Succession). 

2. Capture of Louisburg. 

3. Treaty of Peace. 

IV. French and Indian War (1754-1763). 

1. Causes (Seven Years' War) : 

1. Both the French and the English claiming 

and endeavoring to settle the Ohio Valley. 

2. The jealous)^ existing between England and 

France. 

2. Difficulties with the Ohio Company. 

* Pupils should study the parts of English, French, and 
Spanish history that relate directly to the causes of the Colo- 
nial Wars. 



COLONIAL WARS. 17 

3. Washington in public service. 

4. Albany plan of* Union. 

Events of 1755. 

1. Expedition against Nova Scotia. 

2. Braddock's defeat. 

3. Shirley's Expedition against Niagara. 

4. Johnson's Expedition against Crown Point. 

Events of 1756. 

1. Lord Loudon in Command. 

2. Oswego captured. 

3. Colonel Armstrong. 

Events of 1757. 

1. Louisburg. 

2. Fort William Henry captured. 

3. William Pitt at the head of the Administration. 

Events of 1758. 

1. Amherst's Expedition against Louisburg. 

2. Fort du Quesne. 

3. Great Indian Treaty. 

4. Abercrombie's Expedition against Ticonderoga. 

Events of 1759. 

1. Capture of Ticonderoga and Crown Point. 

2. Niagara in the hands of the English. 

3. Quebec captured by Wolfe. 

Closing Events. 

1. Montreal surrenders. 

2. Spain makes a Treaty with England. 



18 COLONIAL WARS. 

3. Treaty of Peace at Paris. 

4. Cherokee War. 

5. Pontiac War. 

6. The Thirteen Colonies ; their growth and popu- 

lation. 

7. Colonial Government. Law. Society. Lan- 

guage. Keligion. Education. 



REVOLUTION AND CONFEDERATION. 19 



PERIOD IV 



REVOLUTION AND CONFEDERATION. 
A. D. 1776-1789. 



REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 

Causes : 

1. England's claim to the right of arbitrary gov- 

ernment. 

2. The passage of Acts by the Parliament of 

England tending to destroy the liberty of 
the colonists. 

3. The French influence upon the colonists. 

4. The republican form of government of the 

colonists. 

5. The government and feeling of the colonists 

tended toward independence. 

6. The obstinate character of King George III. 

Preliminary events. 

1. The Stamp Act. The Importation Act. 

2. Opposition to and repeal of these Acts. 

3. Colonial Congress (October 7, 1765). 

4. Sons of Liberty. Daughters of Liberty. 

5. Duties on tea, glass, etc. 

6. British troops in America. 



20 REVOLUTION AND CONFEDERATION. 

7. Boston massacre. 

8. Duties repealed, except on tea. 

9. Tea reshipped at Philadelphia and destroyed 

at Boston. 

10. Retaliatory measures : 

1. Boston Port Bill. 

2. Massachusetts charter annulled. 

3. Persons charged with treason. 

11. First Continental Congress' (September 4, 

1774). 

12. General Gage in Massachusetts. 

13. Non-intercourse. 

14. Petitions to the King. 

15. Assembly in Massachusetts. 

16. The King and Parliament refuse to make 

concession. 

Events of 1775. 

1. Battles of Lexington and Concord. 

2. American forces at Boston. 

3. Ticonderoga and Crown Point. 

4. Reinforcements from England. 

5. Second Continental Congress (May 10). 

6. Battle of Bunker Hill (June 17). 

7. Washington made commander-in-chief. 

8. Invasion of Canada. 

Events of 1776. 

1. Evacuation of Boston. 

2. The Hessians. 



REVOLUTION AND CONFEDERATION. 21 

3. Lee baffles Clinton in landing at New York. 

4. Clinton in the South. 

1. Attack upon Charleston. 

2. British repulsed. 

5. Declaration of Independence. 

6. British and American forces. 

7. The British occupy Staten Island. 

8. Conciliatory measures. 

9. Battle of Long Island (August 27). 

10. Harlem Heights and White Plains. 

11. Forts Washington and Lee captured. 

12. Washington's flight across New Jersey. 

13. Condition of the army. 

14. General Lee captured. 

15. Battle of Trenton (December 26). 

Events of 1777. 

1. Battle of Princeton (January 3). 

2. Attack on Danbury. 

3. La Fayette and other foreigners. 

4. Capture of Major-Gen eral Prescott. 

5. Burgoyne's expedition. 

6. Battle of Bennington. 

7. Battles of Bern is Heights and Saratoga. 

8. Surrender of Burgoyne (October 17). 

9. Battle of Brandywine. 

10. Massacre at Paoli. 

11. Battle of Germantown (October 4). 

12. Camps at Whitemarsh and Valley Forge. 

13. Naval expeditions. 

14. Attack on forts below Philadelphia. 



22 REVOLUTION AND CONFEDERATION. 

Events of 1778. 

1. Alliance with France. 

2. British evacuate Philadelphia (June 18). 

3. Battle of Monmouth (June 28). 

4. Indian depredations : 

1. Wyoming Valley. 

2. Cherry Valley. 

5. Arrival of a French fleet and army. 

6. British expedition to Rhode Island. 

7. Capture of Savannah. 

Events of 1779. 

1. Putnam's ride. 

2. Battle of Stony Point. 

3. Movements in the South. 

4. Battle of Brier Creek. 

5. Siege of Savannah. 

6. Naval exploits of Paul Jones. 

7. Discouraging circumstances. 

Events of 1780. 

1. Arrival of a French squadron. 

2. Surrender of Charleston. 

3. Exploits of Tarleton. 

4. Exploits of Sumter and Marion. 

5. Battle of Camden. 

6. Battle of Fishing Creek. 

7. Battle of King's Mountain. 

8. Financial condition. 

9. Arnold's treason ; his previous and subsequent 

life. 



REVOLUTION AND CONFEDERATION. 23 

Events of 1781. 

1. Mutiny of Pennsylvania troops. 

2. Arnold in Virginia and Connecticut. 

3. Greene in South Carolina. 

4. Battle of Cowpens (January 17). 

5. Greene's retreat. 

6. Battle of Guilford Court-House (March 15). 

7. Battle of Hobkirk's Hill (April 25). 

8. Siege of Ninety-Six. 

9. Battle of Eutaw Springs. 

10. Cornwallis invades Virginia. 

11. Yorktown. French fleet and army. 

12. Surrender of Cornwallis. 

Closing Events of the War. 

1. Sir Guy Carleton. 

2. Treaty of Peace (1783). 

3. Mutiny of the troops. 

4. Army disbands. 

5. Washington resigns his commission. 

6. Effects of the Revolution. 

7. Shay's insurrection. 

8. The Federal convention. 

9. Articles of Confederation. 

10. Constitution of United States. 

11. Adoption of the Constitution. 

12. The Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. 

13. Washington elected President. 

14. New Government begins. 

15. The Northwestern Territory. 



24 NATIONAL PERIOD. 



PERIOD V. 



NATIONAL PERIOD. 
A. D. 1789-Present Time. 



The Administrations. 

I. Washington's Administration (1789-1797). 

1. George Washington. 

2. His inauguration. Cabinet. Judiciary. 

3. First Congress. Amendments to the Consti- 

tution. 

4. Public credit. First Tariff Act. 

5. Bank and Mint established. 

6. Seat of government. 

7. Indian War. 

8. States admitted into the Union. 

9. Anthracite coal discovered (1791). 

10. Party lines drawn. 

11. French revolution. 

12. Whiskey insurrection. 

13. Slavery question. The cotton-gin. 

14. Difficulties with Great Britain. 

15. Jay's treaty. 

16. Treaty with Spain. 

17. Adams and Jefferson elected. 

18. Death of Franklin. 



THE ADMINISTRATIONS. 25 

n. Adams's Administration (1797-1801). 

1. Jolin Adams. 

2. Difficulties with France. Napoleon Bonaparte. 

3. Death of Washington. 

4. Alien and Sedition Laws. 

5. Election of Jefferson and Burr. 

6. Fries's Rebellion. 

in. Jefferson's Administration (1801-1809). 

1. Thomas Jefferson. 

2. Ohio admitted. 

3. The Tripolitan War. 

4. Louisiana purchased. 

5. Captains Lewis and Clarke. 

6. Aaron Burr. 

7. Steam Navigation. 

8. British Orders in Council. Berlin and Milan 

decrees. 

9. British aggressions. 

10. Leopard and Chesapeake. 

11. British armed vessels ordered to leave the 

waters of the United States. 

12. The Embargo Act. 

13. Non-intercourse proclaimed. 

14. Madison and Clinton elected. 

IV. Madison's Administration (1809-1817). 

1. James Madison. 

2. Indian troubles. Tecumseh. 

3. Louisiana and Indiana admitted. 

4. Unfriendly relations with England and France. 



26 NATIONAL PERIOD. 

5. John Henry's conspiracy. 

6. The President and Little Belt. 

7. Declaration of war. Causes. 

8. Hull's surrender. 

9. Battle of Queenstown (Oct. 13). 

10. Disasters on the Northern frontier. 

11. Naval combats. 

12. Madison re-elected, and Elbridge Gerry 

elected Vice-President. 

Events of 1813. 

1. Armies organized. 

2. Massacre at Frenchtown. 

3. Fort Meigs besieged. 

4. Perry's victory on Lake Erie. 

5. The Creeks subdued. 

6. Battle of the Moravian Towns (Thames). 

7. Capture of York (Toronto). 

8. Capture of Fort George. 

9. Battle of Sackett's Harbor. 

10. Battle of Stony Point. 

11. Expedition against Montreal. 

12. Naval operations. 

Events of 1814. 

1. Battle of Chippewa and Niagara (Lundy's 

Lane). 

2. Prevost invades New York. 

3. Commodore MacDonough. 

4. Battle of Plattsburg. Lake Champlain. 

5. Hartford Convention (Dec. 14). 



THE ADMINISTRATIONS. 27 

6. Washington captured. 

7. Attack on Baltimore. 

8. Pensacola captured. 

9. Battle of New Orleans (Jan. 8, 1815). 

10. Naval operations. 

11. Treaty of Peace. Results. 

12. Algerian war. 

13. Financial condition of the country. 

14. United States Bank rechartered. 

15. The Federal party. 

16. Election of Monroe and Tompkins. 

V. Monroe's Administration (1817-1825). 

1. James Monroe. 

2. War with the Seminoles. 

3. States admitted : 

1. Mississippi, 1817. 

2. Illinois, 1818. 

3. Alabama, 1819. 

4. Maine, 1820. 

5. Missouri, 1821. 

4. The Missouri Compromise. 

5. The Monroe Doctrine. The tariff of 1824. 

6. Treaties with Sweden, Spain, and Great 

Britain. 

7. La Fayette visits America. 

8. Pirates. 

9. Trouble with the Seminoles. 
10. Adams and Calhoun elected. 

VI. Adams's Administration (1825-1829). 
1. John Quincy Adams. 



28 NATIONAL PERIOD. 

2. Death of Jefferson and Adams. 

3. Internal improvements. The Anti-Masonic 

party. 

4. The " American system " — Tariff question. 

5. Trouble with the Creeks in Georgia. 

6. Jackson and Calhoun elected. 

VII. Jackson's Administration (1829-1837). 

1. Andrew Jackson. 

2. Removals from office. 

3. Political parties. 

4. The United States Bank. 

5. The Tariff question in South Carolina. 

6. Indian wars : (1) Cherokee ; (2) Black Hawk; 

(3) Seminole. 

7. The Anti-slavery movement. 

8. The Webster-Hay ne debate. 

9. Surplus funds of the United States Bank dis- 

tributed among the States by the President. 

10. Death of eminent men. 

11. Claims against France and Portugal paid. 

12. Arkansas and Michigan admitted. 

13. Great fire in New York. 

14. Van Buren and Johnson elected. 

VIII. Van Buren 's Administration (1837-1841). 

1. Martin Van Buren. 

2. Seminole War. 

3. Monetary panic (1837). 

4. The specie circular. The Liberty party. 

5. Independent Treasury Bill. 



THE ADMINISTRATIONS. 29 

6. Rebellion in Canada. 

7. Harrison and Tyler elected. 

IX. Harrison's and Tyler's Administrations (1841- 

1845). 

1. William Henry Harrison ; John Tyler. 

2. Harrison's death ; Tyler becomes President. 

3. Special session of Congress. 

4. The Webster- Ashburton Treaty. 

5. Tyler quarrels with his party. 

6. Difficulties in Ehode Island. 

7. Anti-rent difficulties. 

8. The Mormons. 

9. Texas admitted ; troubles. 

10. The magnetic telegraph. 

11. Florida and Iowa admitted. 

12. Election of Polk and Dallas. 

X. Polk's Administration (1845-1849). 

1. James K. Polk. 

2. War with Mexico. 

3. Causes : (1) The annexation of Texas to the 

United States, and (2) the boundary be- 
tween Texas and Mexico. 

4. General Taylor at Corpus Christi and on the 

Rio Grande. 

5. Battle of Palo Alto (May 8). 

6. Battle of Resaca de la Palma (May 9). 

7. Matamoras and Monterey captured (Septem- 

ber 23). 

8. General Wool in Mexico. 



30 _ NATIONAL PERIOD. 

9. General Kearney. 

10. John C. Fremont. 

11. Doniphan's exploits. 

12. Naval exploits. 

13. California captured. 

14. General Scott invades Mexico. 

1. Vera Cruz captured. 

2. Battle of Cerro Gordo. 

3. Puebla taken. 

4. March to the capital, and the city of Mex- 

ico taken. 

15. Battle of Buena Vista (February 23, 1847). 

16. Treaty of Peace. Results. 

17. The Wilmot Proviso. 

18. Gold found in California. 

19. Death of Andrew Jackson and J. Q. Adams. 

20. The Oregon boundary settled. 

21. The Smithsonian Institute. 

22. Wisconsin admitted. The Free-Soil party. 

23. Taylor and Fillmore elected. 

XI. Taylor's and Fillmore's Administrations (1849- 
1853). 

1. Zachary Taylor ; Millard Fillmore. 

2. Question of admitting California. 

3. The Omnibus Bill. Squatter sovereignty. 

4. Death of Taylor. 

5. Annexation of Cuba. 

6. Fisheries of Newfoundland, 

7. Louis Kossuth. 



THE ADMINISTRATIONS. 31 

8. Arctic expeditions. 

9. Death of distinguished men. 

10. Election of Pierce and King. 

11. The underground railroad. 

12. The Fugitive-slave Law. 

XII. Pierce's Administration (1853-1857). 

1. Franklin Pierce. 

2. The Gadsden purchase. 

3. Treaty with Japan. 

4. World's Fair. 

5. Martin Koszta affair. 

6. The Ostend Manifesto. 

7. The Kansas-Nebraska Bill. 

8. Settling Kansas. 

9. Buchanan and Breckinridge elected. 

XIII. Buchanan's Administration (1857-1861). 

1. James Buchanan. 

2. States admitted. 

3. The Dred Scott Decision. 

4. Mormon rebellion. Massacre. 

5. Atlantic Cable. 

6. John Brown. 

7. Personal Liberty Bills. 

8. The Presidential campaign ; platforms of the 

political parties. 

9. Secession. 

10. Confederate States of America. 

11. Condition of the country. 



32 NATIONAL PERIOD. 

THE GREAT REBELLION. 

Causes : 

1. The different meaning put upon the Constitu- 

tion by the North and the South. 

2. The Institution of Slavery. 

3. The lack of communication between the North 

and the South. 

4. The publication of sectional literature. 

5. Corrupt and inefficient men holding public 

office. 

XIV. Lincoln's Administration (1861-1865). 
Events of 1861. 

1. Abraham Lincoln. 

2. The Cabinet. 

3. Action of the slave States. 

4. Call for 75,000 troops. 

5. Four companies of Pennsylvania troops arrive 

in Washington (April 18). 

6. Fort Sumter. 

7. Riot in Baltimore. 

8. Rebel Government. 

9. Rebel ports blockaded. 

10. Arlington Heights and Alexandria. 

11. Battle of Bull Run (July 21). 

12. Movements in Missouri. 

13. Generals Price and Polk. 

14. The Homestead Act. 

15. Ball's Bluff (October 21). 

16. Naval expeditions. 



THE ADMINISTRATIONS. 33 

17. Mason and Slidell. Tlie attitude of European 
nations. 

Events of 1862. 

1. Army movements. 

2. Fort Henry. 

3. Fort Donelson. 

4. Pittsburg Landing (Shiloli) (April 6). 

5. Island No. 10. 

6. Movements in Arkansas. 

7. Roanoke Island and Beaufort. 

8. New Orleans. 

9. Invasion of Kentucky. 

10. Battle of Corinth (May 30). 

11. Battle of Perry ville (October 8). 

12. Battle of Murfreesborough (Dec. 31-Jan. 2). 

13. Campaign in Virginia. 

1. General Banks. 

2. General Fremont. 

14. McClellan's Peninsular Campaign. 

1. Fair Oaks or Seven Pines. 

2. Oak Grove (June 25). 

3. Mechanicsville (26). 

4. Gaines's Mills (27). 

5. Savage Station, White Oak Swamp (29). 

6. Glendale or Frazier's Farm (30). 

7. Malvern Hill (July 1). 

8. Retreat. 

15. Pope's Campaign. 

1. Cedar Mountain. 

2. Bull Run ; Centreville. 



34 NATIONAL PERIOD. 

16. Merrimac and Monitor. 

17. Invasion of Maryland. 

1. Frederick and South Mountain. 

2. Antietam Creek (September 17). 

18. Battle of Fredericksburg (December 13). 

19. Condition of affairs at the end of 1862. 

Events of 1863. 

1. Emancipation Proclamation. 

2. Arkansas Post. 

3. Vicksburg captured (July 4). 

4. Campaign on the lower Mississippi. 

5. Chickamauga (September 19, 20). 

6. Chattanooga (November 24). 

7. Knoxville. 

8. Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge (No- 

vember 23-25). 

9. Morgan's raid. 

10. Campaign in Arkansas and Missouri. 

11. Capture of Galveston and Charleston. 

12. Battle of Chancellorsville (May 2, 3). 

13. Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-4). 

14. The Conscription Act. 

15. West Virginia admitted. 

16. Riot in New York. 

17. Condition of affairs at end of year. 

Events of 1864. 

1. Sherman's move from Vicksburg. 

2. Fort Pillow (April 12). 



THE ADMINISTRATIONS. 35 

3. Red River expedition. 

4. Grant appointed Lieutenant-General. 

5. Sherman's march to Atlanta. 

6. General Hood. 

7. Sherman's march to the sea. 

8. Farragut at Mobile. 

9. Capture of Albemarle Sound. 

10. United States commerce injured. 

11. Destruction of the Alabama. 

12. Campaign of the Army of the Potomac. 

1. Wilderness (May 5-7). 

2. Spottsylvania Court-House (May 9-12). 

3. Cold Harbor (June 1). 

4. Petersburg. Weldon R. R. 

13. Early's campaign. 

14. Lincoln re-elected, and Johnson elected Vice- 

President. 

Events of 1865. 

1. Capture of Fort Fisher. 

2. Surrender of Lee. 

3. Fall of the Confederacy. 

4. Capture of Davis. 

5. Financial condition. 

6. Internal Revenue. Treasury notes. 

7. Legal Tender Notes ; United States Bonds. 

8. National Banks. 

9. Lincoln assassinated (April 14). 

10. Capture of Booth and the conspirators, and 

their trial. 

11. What questions the war settled. 



S^ NATIONAL PERIOD. 

XV. Johnson's Administration (1865-1869). 

1. His life ; Inauguration. 

2. Constitution amended. 

3. Amnesty Proclamation. 

4. French Empire in Mexico. 

5. Territories organized. 

6. Reconstruction difficulties. 

7. Trouble between the President and Congress. 

8. Impeachment. The Tenure of Office Act. - 

9. The Atlantic Cable. 

10. Purchase of Alaska. 

11. The Civil Rights Bill. Freedman's Bureau. 

12. Grant and Colfax chosen. 

13. The Fenian excitement. 

14. " Carpet-Baggers." " Scalawags." 

XVI. Grant's Administration (1869-1877). 

1. Ulysses S. Grant. 

2. The Pacific Railroad. 

3. Amendments. The Lodge Force Bill. 

4. The Ku Klux Klan. 

5. Negro suffrage. 

6. The Ninth Census. 

7. Annexing Santo Domingo. 

8. Fire in Chicago and in Boston. 

9. The Treaty of Washington. 

10. The Alabama Claims. 

11. Grant re-elected. 

12. Modoc Indians. 

13. Difficulty in Louisiana. 

14. Credit Mobilier. 



THE ADMINISTRATIONS. S7 

15. The Panic (1873). 

16. Death of emiuent men. 

17. The Centennial. 

18. War with the Sioux Indians. 

19. Colorado admitted. 

20. Hayes and Wheeler elected. 

21. The Electoral Commission. 

22. Whiskey Ring. 

XVII. Hayes's Administration (1877-1881). 

1. His life ; Inauguration. 

2. The great Railroad Strike. 

3. Indian War. 

4. Demonetization of Silver. 

5. The Bland Silver Bill. 

6. The Potter Committee. 

7. The Negro Exodus. 

8. Resumption Act. 

9. Yellow Fever Epidemic. 

10. Sea fisheries. 

11. Chinese Embassy. 

12. Life-saving service. 

13. Resumption of specie payment. 
. 14. Election of 1880. Census. 

15. Grant's tour. 

16. Death of eminent men. 

XVIII. Garfield's and Arthur's Administrations 

(1881-1885). 

1. Their lives. 

2. Political difficulties. 

3. Assassination of Garfield. 



38 NATIONAL PERIOD. 

4. Arthur becomes President. 

5. The Star Route frauds. 

6. Trial and execution of Guiteau. 

7. Civil Service Reform Bill. 

8. The Anti-Polygamy Bill. 

9. The Cincinnati Riots. 

10. Standard time adopted. 

11. The Tariff of 1883. 

12. Chinese immigration. 

13. Brooklyn Bridge. Washington Monument. 

14. Cleveland and Hendricks elected. 

XIX. Cleveland's Administration (1885-1889). 

1. Grover Cleveland. 

2. The Statue of Liberty. 

3. New Orleans Exposition. 

4. Labor troubles. 

5. Hay market riot in Chicago. 

6. The Presidential Succession Bill. 

7. The Civil Service Commission. 

8. "Knights of Labor;" "Black-list;" "Boy- 

cott." 

9. Death of distinguished men. 

10. The Inter-State Commerce Bill. 

11. The Chinese Exclusion Bill. 

12. Harrison and Morton elected. 

iCX. Harrison's Administration (1889-1893). 

1. Benjamin Harrison. 

2. The Washington Centennial. 

3. States admitted. 



THE ADMINISTRATIONS. 39 

4. The Johnstown disaster. 

5. The Pan-American Congress. 

6. Our new navy. 

7. The Behring Sea dispute. 

8. International copyright. 

9. Labor strikes. 

10. The Italian affair ; the Chilian. 

11. Proposed annexation of Hawaii. 

12. Death of eminent men. 

13. The reciprocity policy. 

14. The Presidential campaign. 

XXI. Cleveland's Second Administration (1893- 

1897). 

1. The World's Fair. 

2. The Silver and the Tariff questions. 

3. The Panic of 1893. 

4. Labor affairs and strikes. 

5. Federal Election laws repealed. 

6. Rebellion in Cuba. 

7. Utah admitted. 

8. Income Tax. 

9. The Venezuelan trouble. 

10. The seal fisheries. 

11. The Merit system vs. Spoils system. 

12. Presidential campaign of 1896. 

XXII. McKinley's Administration (1897-Sept. 1901). 

1. William McKinley. 

2. The Dingley Tariff. 

3. The Cuban rebellion. 



40 NATIONAL PERIOD. 

4. Cuban Policy of the Government. 

5. The De Lome incident. 

6. Destruction of the Maine, 

7. Starvation in Cuba. 

8. War with Spain. Causes. 

1. Cuban resolutions in Congress. 

2. Ultimatum to Spain. 

3. Congress declares war against Spain, 

April, 26, 1898. 

4. Admiral Dewey destroys Spanish fleet at 

Manila, May 1. 

5. American army lands in Cuba. 

6. Spanish fleet " bottled up." 

7. Battles of La Quasima, El Caney, San 

Juan Hill. 

8. Spanish fleet destroyed, July 3. 

9. Santiago captured. 

10. Preliminary terms of peace, Aug. 12. 

11. Invasion of Porto Rico, July 25. 

12. The Philippine Islands. 

13. Capture of Guam, June 21. 

14. Peace Commission appointed. 

15. Treaty of Peace at Paris, Dec. 10. Its 

terms. 

16. Results of the war. 

9. The Hawaiian question ; commission ; annexa- 

tion, Aug. 12, 1898. 

10. Currency reform. 

11. Anti-Trust agitation. 

12. Rebellion in the Philippines. 

13. The Samoan difliculty. 



THE ADMINISTRATIONS. 41 

14. Discovery of gold in the Klondike. 

15. The Hague conference. 

16. Expansion and anti-expansion. 

17. Trouble in Kentucky, Jan., 1900. 

18. Senate seats contested. 

19. The Presidential campaign, 1900. 

20. American armies in China. 

21. Race conflicts. 

22. The Sampson-Morgan controversy. 

23. Pan-American Exposition. 

24. Pacification of the Philippines. 

25. Hazing at West Point. The CanteeD. 

26. The Schley court of inquiry. 

27. Coal miners strike. 

28. President McKinley assassinated. 

XXIII. Roosevelt's Administration. (September 
1901- ). 

1. Theodore Roosevelt. 

2. Policy of the President. 

3. Visit of Prince Henry. 

4. Anthracite coal miners strike. 

5. Relations with Cuba. 

6. Railroad merger illegal. 

7. The Panama canal. 

8. The Republic of Panama (1903). 

9. The Irrigation Act. 

10. The Alaskan boundary. 

11. The Samoan award. 

12. Laying the Pacific cable. 

13. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904. 



42 NATIONAL PERIOD. 

14. Presidential campaign of 1904. 

15. Labor war in Colorado. 

16. The "Slocum" disaster. 

17. The Carnegie Hero fund. 

18. The Lewis and Clark Exposition, 1905. 

19. Commander Peary. 

20. The Smoot case. 

21. San Francisco destroyed by earthquake. 

22. Federal control of corporations. 



QUESTIONS IN U. S. HISTORY. 



1. Give an account of the Red Men of North 

America. 

2. Give an account of the Norsemen. 

3. Discuss Columbus. 

4. Name three Spanish discoverers in the South. 

What did they discover? 

5. Name three Spanish discoverers in the United 

States. What did they discover? 

6. What discoveries and settlements were made by 

the French? 

7. What is said of the Cabots ? 

8. Name five other English discoverers, and tell 

what they discovered. 

9. What did the Dutch discover and settle? 

10. What unsuccessful settlements were made prior 

to 1607, and when, where, and by whom? 

11. What nationalities were connected with the dis- 

covery, exploring, and settlement of North 
America. 

12. Discuss the settlement of Virginia. 

13. Discuss the settlement of Massachusetts. 

14. What is said of the Puritans? 

15. What of the religious troubles of Massachusetts ? 

16. Discuss King Phillip's War. 

17. When and for what purpose were the New Eng- 

land colonies united ? 

43 



44 QUESTIONS. 

18. When, where, and by whom was Connecticut 

settled ? 

19. Discuss the settlement of New York. 

20. Speak of the settlement of Rhode Island. 

21. Discuss the Pequod War. 

22. What is said of Andross ? 

23. What is said of the settlement of New Hamp- 

shire ? 

24. Of New Jersey ? 

25. When, where, and by whom was Pennsylvania 

settled ? 

26. What is said of William Penn ? 

27. Speak of the settlement of Maryland. 

28. Discuss James Oglethorpe. 

29. When, where, and by whom was each of the 

thirteen original colonies settled? 

30. When, and what was the cause of each of the 

following wars: King William's; Queen 
Anne's; King George's. 

31. Discuss the causes of the French and Indian 

War. 

32. Speak of Braddock's defeat. 

33. Describe four battles of the French and Indian 

War. 

34. What was gained or lost by this war ? 

35. By the other colonial wars ? 

36. Under what kinds of government was each of 

the different colonies? 

37. How came the different governments of the 

colonies to exist, and did any change from 
one form to the other? 



QUESTIONS. 4S« 

38. What may be said of the Pontiac War? 

39. What is meant by " The Five Nations " ? 

40. Discuss the causes of the Revolutionary War. 

41. Speak of the Stamp Act. 

42. Action taken by Philadelphia on Importation 

of Tea. 

43. Boston Tea Party. Boston Massacre. 

44. Boston Port Bill. 

45. First Continental Congress. 

46. Name five events of 1775. 

47. Describe five battles of the Revolutionary War. 

48. Name the chief conmianders of the British 

Army, in their order of appointment, 

49. Name five American generals, and what may be 

said of each ? 

50. What is said of Major Andre? 

51. Discuss the surrender at Yorktown. 

52. Give a brief general discussion of the Revolu- 

tionary War. 

53. Name seven events of Washington's administra- 

tion, and discuss them. 

54. What were the difl[iculties with France in 

Adams's administration ? 

55. What were the Alien and Sedition Laws ? 

56. What is said of the Louisiana purchase? 

57. Speak of Aaron Burr. 

58. What is said of the wars with the Barbary 

States? 

59. What were the Berlin and Milan decrees ? 

60. What was the Embargo Act? 

61. What were the causes of the war of 1812? 



46 QUESTIONS. 

62. Give a general discussion of the war. 

63. Wliat was John Henry's conspiracy ? 

64. What was accomplished by the war of 1812? 

65. What was the Missouri Compromise? 
GQ. The Monroe Doctrine? 

67. The American System? 

68. Discuss the United States Bank in full. 

69. The Nullification Act of South Carolina. 

70. What was the Mason and Dixon line? 

71. What treaties settled the northern boundary of 

the United States ? 

72. What were the Anti-Kent difficulties? 

73. What were the causes of the Mexican War? 

Explain them. 

74. Give a general discussion of the Mexican War. 

75. What was the Omnibus Bill ? 

76. The Kansas-Nebraska Bill? 

77. The Gadsden Purchase? 

78. The Wilmot Proviso ? 

79. The Dred Scott Decision? 

80. What is said of John Brown ? 

81. The Mormon Rebellion ? 

82. Speak of Secession. 

83. Discuss the cause of the Civil War. 

84. What is said of the Rebel government ? 

85. Describe the first battle of Bull Run. 

86. What was the Mason and Slidell case ? 

87. Speak of the capture of New Orleans. 

88. Discuss McClellan's peninsula campaign. 

89. What is said of the Monitor ? 

90. Describe three naval battles of the war. 



QUESTIONS. 47 

91. Name the commanders-in-chief of the Union 

and the Rebel armies in their order of ap- 
pointment. 

92. Trace General Grant through the war. General 

Lee, General Sherman, General Hood, Gen- 
eral McClellan, General Meade, General 
Reynolds, General Hancock, General Mc- 
Call, General Hartranft, General Geary. 

93. What is said of the Atlantic Cable? 

94. Write a short biography of Washington ; Jef- 

ferson ; Jackson ; Lincoln ; Garfield. 

95. What were each of the following : 

1. Amnesty Proclamation. 

2. Civil Rights Bill. 

3. Alabama Claims. 

4. Credit Mobilier. 

5. Civil Service Bill. 

96. Name the Presidents in their order, with time 

and length of administration. 

97. Name four events in each administration. 

98. What political parties were in existence and 

rule in the United States at different times ? 

99. Show how each great event in the history of the 

United States from the discovery of America 
to the present time naturally grew out of 
that which preceded it. 

100. Outline the history of the United States. 

101. What was the Lecompton constitution? 

102. What is the history of tariff legislation? 

103. When did panics occur, and what was their 

cause ? 



4B QUESTIONS. 

104. What was the Lodge Force Bill ? 

105. What led to the Tenure of Office Act? when 

was it repealed ? 

106. Who were the Barnburners, the Dough-Faces, 

the Loco-Focos, the Mugwumps, the Quids, 
the Free-Soilers, the Greenbackers, the Radi- 
cals, the Stalwarts, the Copperheads, the 
Hunkers, the Straight-Outs, the Know-Noth- 
ings, the Half-Breeds, the Silver Grays, the 
Ku-Kluxes, the Abolitionists, and the 
Whigs? 

107. What was the Salary Grab? the Pocket veto? 

108. What was the Warner Silver Bill? 

109. What was the X. Y. Z. mission ? 

110. When and by whom was the cotton-gin in- 

vented? the mowing-machine? the reaper? 
the sewing-machine? the telephone? 

111. What was the Burlingame Treaty? 

112. What was the Martin Koszta affair? 

113. What was the purpose of the Plymouth Com- 

pany? the London? 

114. What was the trouble between Tyler and his 

party ? 

115. What was Wm. Penn's political and social 

policy ? 

116. What cases of impeachment have been tried, 

what for, and with what result? 

117. What was the cause of war with Spain ? 

118. What was the Sampson-Schley controversy? 

119. What is meant by expansion and anti-expan- 

sion? 



QUESTIONS. 49 

120. Where is the Panama canal, and what of its 

object ? 

121. What territory did the United States acquire 

since 1898 ? 



CONSTITDTION OF THE UNITED STATES. 

CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 



GOVERNMENT DEFINED. 



I. Forms of Government. 

1. ParentaL 

2. Theocratic. 

3. Monarchical. 

1. Absohite — Russia, China, Denmark. 

2. Limited — England, Germany, Spain. 

a. Hereditary. 

b. Elective. 

4. Aristocratic. 

5. Democratic. 

6. Republican — United States, France. 

7. Federal government. 

8. State government. 

II. Origin of the Constitution of the United States. 

1. Articles of Confederation. 

2. Revised, and the present Constitution formed. 

50 



CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. 51 

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED 
STATES. 



I. Preamble. 

II. Its Objects: 

1. To form a more perfect union ; 

2. Establish justice ; 

3. Ensure domestic tranquillity ; 

4. Provide for the common defense ; 

5. Promote the general welfare ; and 

6. Secure the blessings of liberty. 



ARTICLE I.-LEGISLATIVE. 

Congress. 

1. House of Representatives. 

1. Of whom composed. 

2. Electors. 

3. Eligibility. 

4. Number of members. 

5. Vacancies. 

6. Powers. 

7. Appointment (Art. XIV.). 

2. Senate. 

1. Of whom composed. 

2. How chosen. 

3. Vacancies. 

4. Eligibility. 

5. Presiding oflScer. 

6. Powers. 



52 CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. 

3. Provisions in Common. 

1. Election of Senators and Representatives. 

2. Meeting of Congress. 

3. Judge of elections. 

4. Quorum. 

5. Rules and penalties. 

6. Journal of its proceedings. 

7. Prohibitions : 

a. Adjournment. 

h. Appointed to civil office (sec. 6 : 2). 

8. Compensation. 

9. Privileges. 

4. Passage of Bills. 

1. Bills of Revenue. 

2. First process. 

a. Shall pass both houses. 

h. Be presented to the President. 

c. He shall sign it. 

3. Second process. 

a. Shall pass both houses. 

h. Be presented to the President. 

c. If he disapproves, he shall return it with 

his objections to the house in which it 
originated. 

d. That house shall enter objections. 

e. May pass it by a two-thirds vote. 

/. Other house must pass it by a two-thirds 
vote, in which case the bill becomes a 
law. 



CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. 53 

4. Third process. 

a. Shall pass both houses. 

b. Be presented to the President. 

c. A law if not returned in ten days (Sun- 

days excepted), unless prevented by the 
adjournment of Congress. 

5. Orders, resolutions, votes. 

5. Powers of Congress. 

1. To lay and collect taxes, etc. , 

2. Borrow money. 

3. Regulate commerce. 

4. Establish rules of naturalization. 

5. Coin money. 

6. Punish counterfeiting. 

7. Establish post-offices. 

8. Secure copy and patent rights. 

9. Establish inferior courts. 

10. Define and punish piracies. 

11. Declare war. 

12. Raise and support armies. 

13. Provide and maintain a navy. 

14. Make rules for land and naval forces. 

15. Call forth the militia. 

16. Organize, arm, and discipline a militia. 

17. Exercise exclusive legislation over govern- 

ment property, and 

18. Make laws to carry out its powers. 

6. Prohibitions to Congress. 

1. Importation of slaves. 

2. Writ of habeas corpus. 



54 CX)NSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. 

3. Bill of attainder, or ex-post-fado law. 

4. Capitation or other direct tax. 

5. No tax on exported articles. 

6. No preference to ports. 

7. Drawing of public money. 

8. No titles or presents. 

7. Prohibitions to States. 

1. Shall not make treaties, coin money. 

2. Shall ^not lay imposts or duties. 

3. Shall not keep troops, etc. 



ARTICLE II.-EXECUTIVE. 
I. The President. 

1. His term. Qualifications. 

2. How elected. 

1. By electors. 

a. Appointment and number. 

b. Manner of electing (Art. XH. Amend.). 

c. Choosing the electors. 

2. By House of Representatives. 

3. Duties devolve upon the Vice-President. 

4. Salary. 

5. Oath of office. 

6. Duties and powers. 

1. Military. 

2. Civil. 

a. Appoints a cabinet. 

b. Makes treaties and other appointments. 

c. Message to Congress, etc. 



CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. 55 

d. Sign bills, and, in general, execute the 
laws of the United States. 
7. Removal from office. 

II. The Vice-President. 

1. Eligibility. 

2. Election. 

3. Duties and powers. 

4. Removal from office. 



ARTICLE III.-JUDICIAL. 

I. Judicial Power vested in a Supreme Court and 

Inferior Courts.* 

1. Judges (9). 

1. Term of office. Compensation. 

2. Jurisdiction. 

1. Original. 

2. Appellate. 

3. Trial by jury. 

II. Treason. 

1. Defined. 

2. Conviction. 

3. Punishment. 

* The Supreme Court of the United States is established 
by the Constitution, but organized by Congress. 

The Circuit (9) and the District (63) Courts of the United 
States are both organized and established by Congress. 

The Courts of the District of Columbia ; the Court of 
Appeals; the Court of Claims; and the Consular Courts. 



56 CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 



ARTICLE IV. 

I. Faith in each State. 

Manner of proving. 

II. State Rights. 

1. Privileges of citizenship. 

2. Fugitives from justice. 

' 3. Fugitives from service. 

III. New States. 

1. Forming and admitting. 

2. Power to dispose of territory. 

IV. Guarantee to, and Protect each State. 



ARTICLE V. 

Amending the Constitution. 

1. Two-thirds of both houses may propose amend- 
ments. 

2.- The Legislatures of two-thirds of the States 
may apply for, when Congress shall call a 
convention to propose amendments. 

3. Such amendments must be ratified by the Leg- 

islatures or conventions of three-fourths of 
the States. 

4. Restrictions to amending. 



CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. 57 

ARTICLE VI. 

I. Debts Valid against the United States. 
II. Supreme Law of the Land. 
III. Oaths of Executive and Judicial Officers, Relig- 
ious Test. 



ARTICLE VII. 
Adoption of the Constitution of the United States. 



AMENDMENTS. 

I. Freedom of Religion, Speech, etc. (1791). 

II. Rights of Keeping and Bearing Arms (1791). 

III. Soldiers, Quarters Restricted (1791). 

IV. Right of Search (1791). 
V. Manner of Trial (1791). 

1. Indictment. 

2. Second trial. 

3. Loss of life, etc. 

4. Private property. 

VI. Trial by Jury. Witnesses. Counsel (1791). 
VII. Right of Civil Suits Defined (1791). 
VIII. Excessive Bail, etc. (1791). 
IX. Rights Retained (1791). 
X. Powers Reserved to the States or People 

(1791). 
XI. Judicial Power of the United States Re- 
stricted (1798). 



58 CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. 

XII. Manner of Electing the President (1804). 

XIII. Slavery Prohibited (1865). 

XIV. Citizenship (1868). 

1. Eights of citizens. 

2. Kepresentatives apportioned (356). 

3. Inability to hold office. 

4. Validity of public debt. 

Claims illegal and void. 

5. Enforce these provisions. 

XV. The Right to Vote not Denied (1870). 
Law to enforce. 



QUESTIONS ON THE CONSTITUTION OF 
THE UNITED STATES. 



1. Define government. 

2. Name the different kinds of government. 

3. What is the difference between an absolute 

and a limited Monarchy? 

4. A Democratic and a Republican form of gov- 

ernment ? 

5. Federal and State? 

6. What were the Articles of Confederation ? 

7. Who wrote them ? 

8. What led to the formation of the present Con- 

stitution ? 

9. Who wrote the Constitution ? 

10. When was it adopted by the different States ? 

11. Recite the preamble. 

12. What are its objects ? 

13. What is a preamble? 

14. Into what branches is our government divided? 

15. Define each. 

16. Of what does Congress consist? 

17. Why are there two divisions of Congress? 

18. AVhat are the qualifications of a Representa- 

tive ? Senator ? 

19. How is the number of Representatives deter- 

mined ? Senators ? 

20. What is meant by a Congressman-at-large ? 



60 CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. 

21. In how many ways may a bill become a law? 

Describe each. 

22. Where do bills of revenue originate ? Why ? 

Other bills? 

23. Describe the manner of getting a bill before 

Congress. The State Legislature. 

24. Name the powers of Congress. 

25. How is the District of Columbia governed ? 

26. Name five prohibitions of Congress. 

27. What is a writ of habeas corpus f Bill of at- 

tainder? ex-post-facto law? 

28. What is meant hj free trade f Protective tariff f 

29. What is the difference between a State and a 

Territory, and how is the latter governed ? 

30. How may a Territory be admitted as a State? 

31. AVhat are the qualifications of President? His 

duties? 

32. Of Vice-President? 

33. Describe the manner of electing the President. 

34. May the salary of the President be changed 

during his term of office? Why? 

35. For what and how may a President be removed 

from office? 

36. Have any been removed ? Impeached ? 

37. Discuss the Supreme Court. 

38. What are the qualifications, salary, term of 

office of Judges in the Circuit or District 
Courts? Of the other Courts? 

39. In what cases have Circuit and District Courts, 

respectively, original or appellate jurisdic- 
tion? 



CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. 61 

40. How iiiiiny and where are the Circuit and 

District Courts? 

41. What is the difference between the Supreme 

Court of the United States and that of the 
State? 

42. Have States a right to withdraw from the 

Union? Explain your answer. 

43. Explain how the Constitution may be amended. 

44. When have the different amendments been 

adopted ? 

45. What is the duty of a foreign minister, and 

how is he appointed? 

46. What are the duties of the Cabinet officers, 

how appointed, and who are the present in- 
cumbents? 

47. Discuss Postmasters. 

48. Who are the present Senators from your State, 

and the Representative from your district ? 

49. Discuss trials by jury. 

50. How may persons be naturalized ? 

51. What is the difference between Federal and 

National ? 

52. What are the qualifications for Cabinet officers ? 

53. How may Sui)reine Court Judges be removed ? 

54. What is the difference between a grand and a 

petit jury ? 

55. What States now allow women to vote at any 

or all elections ? 

56. Who are the present executive, presiding, and 

judicial officers of the Government? Of 
the State? 



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The following is a suggestive list of subjects for 
historical essays, special topics for investigation, sup- 
plementary talks by teacher or by class, topics for 
collateral reading, or for debate where authorities 
differ. To treat some of the subjects fully it may 
be necessary to read extensively the larger works 
on United States history or one or more of the 
many good works on special subjects. It is very 
valuable to students in history to search for matter 
on a subject through all possible sources to which 
they may have access : 

1. The Indians of North America. 

2. The Indians of South America. 

3. Christopher Columbus. 

4. DeSoto. 

5. Pizarro. 

(3. Early Settlements. 

7. Bacon's Rebellion. 

8. New England Customs. 

9. Religious Persecutions in the Colonies. 

10. Colonial Governments. 

11. The Pequod War. 

12. The Grand Model in Carolina. 

13. William Penn. 

14. James Oglethorpe. 



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15. John Smith. 

16. The Colonies of Virginia and Massachusetts 

Compared. 

17. Education in the Colonies. 

18. The French and Indian War. 

19. The Continental Congresses. 

20. England's Policy in Taxing the Americans. 

21. The Federal Convention. 

22. The Birth of the Nation. 

23. Abolition of Slavery in the Northern States. 

24. Tariif Legislation. 

25. Internal Improvements. 

26. The United States and France. 

27. The Disposition of Public Lands. 

28. The Adoption of the Constitution. 

29. Alexander Hamilton. 

30. The Causes of the Revolution. 

31. La Fayette. 

32. Women of the Revolution. 

33. The Purchase of Louisiana. 

34. The Federal Party. 

35. The Democratic-Republican Party. 

36. The Compromises. 

37. Andrew Jackson. 

38. Benjamin Franklin. 

39. The United States Bank. 

40. The National Bank System. 

41. The Northern Boundary of the U. S. 

42. The Protective Tariff Laws. 

43. Daniel Webster. 

44. Thomas Benton. 



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45. The Accession of Territory of the U. S. 

46. The Civil Service. 

47. The Qualifications to Vote. 

48. The History of Public Education. 

49. The Causes of the Civil War. 

50. The Monetary Problems. 

51. The Panics. 

52. Reconstruction of the Seceded States. 

A Short List of Books on American History. 

Every pupil should have, besides the regular text- 
book, two or more books on history. There should 
be in every school what may be called a reference 
library on American history, suited to the grade. 
Such library, first of all, should contain the larger 
school histories for grammar and high-school grades, 
like Seavey, Goodrich, Johnston, Barnes, Ridpath, 
Lossing, Scuddcr, Montgomery, Eggleston, Ander- 
son, Higginson, Sheldon, Quackenbos, Swinton, 
Doyle, and others of equal grade and merit. Also, 
Pratt's American History Stories, Washington and 
his Country, Dodge's Stories in American History, 
Abbott's Lives of the Presidents, Coffin's Boys of 
'76 and of '61, McVeagh's Pennsylvania (in Ameri- 
can Commonwealth series), Dickens's Child's His- 
tory of England, Goodrich's Pictorial History of 
England, Aunt Charlotte's Stories in American 
History, and others. For schools above the gram- 
mar grades the following is a partial list of standard 
works for reference, for special investigation of a 
topic, or for exhaustive reading. Pupils in gram- 



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mar grades will also make good use of some of 
them : 

Hildreth's United States, 6 vols. 

Bancroft's United States, 6 vols. 
, Schouler's United States, 4 vols. 

Von Hoist's Constitutional History of United 
States, 5 vols. 

Johnston's American Politics. 

The Federalist, Lodge's Edition. 

Ridpath's Popular History of United States. 

Barnes's Popular United States. 

Parkman's works. 

Lossing's Field-Book of the Revolution. 

Bryce's American Commonwealth. 

American Commonwealth series for history of the 
States. 

American Statesmen series for biography. 

Stephens's War between the States, 2 vols. (Con- 
federate). 

Draper's Civil War, 2 vols. 

McMaster's People of the United States (4 vols.). 

Johnston's War of 1812. 

Janney's Life of Wm. Penn. 

Memoirs of Grant, Sherman, Sheridan. 

Holland's Lincoln. 

Sparks's American Biography series. 

Lalor's Cyclopedia of U. S. History, 3 vols. 

Curtis's Constitutional History. 

Fisher's Outlines of Universal History. 



66 APPENDIX. 

Montgomery's Leading Facts of England; of 

France. 
The Magazine of American History. 
Cyclopedia of Current History. 
MacCoun's Historical Charts. 



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